Always and in everything strive to attain at the same time what is useful for others and what is pleasant for oneself- Mullah Nassr Eddin
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Happy New Year
New Year, New Energy. Thee Momentum is shifting. Last year for me was filled with countless and it seemed continuous teachings. At times it was very difficult and it hard to believe I remained sane through all of it. I am so grateful to have an amazing partner and family of light to support all of this growth and transformation. This year I am looking forward to nourishing this healed part in me and to continue to heal those parts that need it, through dance, song/sound and presence. This year, the year of the hare seems to support this more gentle and receptive way of moving....
A placid year, very much welcomed and needed after the ferocious year of the Tiger. We should go off to some quiet spot to lick our wounds and get some rest after all the battles of the previous year.
Good taste and refinement will shine on everything and people will acknowledge that persuasion is better than force. A congenial time in which diplomacy, international relations and politics will be given a front seat again. We will act with discretion and make reasonable concessions without too much difficulty.
A time to watch out that we do not become too indulgent. The influence of the Rabbit tends to spoil those who like too much comfort and thus impair their effectiveness and sense of duty.
Law and order will be lax; rules and regulations will not be rigidly enforced. No one seems very inclined to bother with these unpleasant realities. They are busy enjoying themselves, entertaining others or simply taking it easy. The scene is quiet and calm, even deteriorating to the point of somnolence. We will all have a tendency to put off disagreeable tasks as long as possible
Money can be made without too much labor. Our life style will be languid and leisurely as we allow ourselves the luxuries we have always craved for. A temperate year with unhurried pace. For once, it may seem possible for us to be carefree and happy without too many annoyances. http://www.theholidayspot.com/chinese_new_year/more_zodiacs/rabbit.htm
Friday, August 20, 2010
Free Intro Tonight!!!!!!!!!!!! Awakening Consciousness through Play!
Come and get a taste of the work we will be doing this weekend in this evening's interactive intro!
In this workshop we will use Meditation and Theater Based techniques to encounter and explore different aspect of our being and personality with playfulness.
NY Core Center
115 East 23rd street
New York, NY
Monday, August 2, 2010
YES!!!!!!!!
The beauty of truth is that the moment you hear the truth something inside you responds, says yes. It is not an agreement of the mind, remember, it comes from your totality of your being. Every fiber of your being, every cell of your body, nods in tremendous joy, “Yes!”
Osho
This quote has really been on my mind the past couple of days. I have been thinking back to moments where my whole body has responded like this. Seeing a dance performance and every cell is shouting "Dance!". Being on the plane to India scared out of my wits and with no plans , but somehow every part of me pulsing with this Yes. These days the yes seems to be more faint, more like a maybe or possibly. I have been sitting with that and waiting for that cell shaking yes to arise from the depths. I guess I will just keep listening, sitting, standing, dancing patiently.
Ashni
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Desaparecido
If you are ready to disappear, I am already not there. I exist only in your mind. As far as my own existence is concerned it is not there. If you are ready to dissolve, suddenly you will become aware that you have dissolved into a nothingness; there is neither master nor disciple.
Osho
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
The First Stage! (of Dynamic Meditation)
So the first step of the technique is just to create the opposite situation to what the society has created.
You have to breathe so deeply that the sex center is hit from within, and hit so forcibly that the energy is released from there.
The sex center can be hit in two ways. It can be hit from without. When you are attracted to the opposite sex, it is hit from without; then the energy moves outward. If you take a deep breath and hit the center from within, the energy moves within – the same energy. Sex is both. It can move out; it can move in. It can move down; it can move up. Both avenues are there. In one direction or another, the energy has to be released. An inner system exists in which sex energy can move: we have called it kundalini. Kundalini is nothing but sex energy moving within.
So for ten minutes you have to fight with civilization, through shallow breathing, chaotic breathing! This will do another thing also. It will release your body energy, your body electricity. This is what is known as bioelectricity. Once the bioelectricity is released in the body you can use it as a vehicle to go beyond – to go beyond the body. We are afraid of the body, so we don't allow it to be really alive. We have made it half dead. If it is half dead, it is controllable. If it is totally alive, it is not controllable.
We are afraid of it. The mind is always afraid, and afraid of only one thing: what will happen if the mind is not in control? The mind can control only a dead body or a half–dead body. If the body is fully alive, the mind becomes afraid. The energy is so much that the mind is thrown off.
These ten minutes of chaotic breathing will help your body energy to be released. Every cell of your body will become alive and dancing. And when these cells start dancing within, you will also have a feeling of dance yourself. Your whole body will start dancing and jumping. Allow it.
This is how one enters into the river of existence.
Osho: "The New Alchemy: To Turn You On"